WEBVTT ♪ MOLLIE: I CAN LISTEN TO THAT ALL DAY. THANK YOU ROBIN IRELAND AND SINCE 2008 HAVE SHARED THE TALIBAN AUDIENCE WORLDWIDE. TONIGHT IS OUR CHANCE TO SEE THE MULTIPLATINUM HIGH KINGS RIGHT HERE IN DES MOINES. WELCOME BACK. THE ME INTRODUCE YOU TO EVERYBODY. WE HAVE MARTIN FEAR HE, DARREN HOLDEN AND BRIAN DUFFY JOINING ME. AN IRISH BALLAD GROUP. ALONG WITH -- HE IS WITH THE CELTIC MUSIC ASSOCIATION. THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING IN TODAY. I WILL GO DOWN THE ROAD. YOU GUYS HAVE NO FUN AT ALL, DO YOU? GUEST: VERY SERIOUS ALL THE TIME. MOLLIE: WE ARE IN FOR SUCH A TREAT. I WILL HEAVY INTRODUCE YOURSELVES TO OUR AUDIENCE A LITTLE BIT. GIVE US YOUR BACKGROUND. SO MUCH RICH IRISH TRADITIONS WITHIN ALL OF YOUR FAMILY AND HISTORY. GUEST: MY NAME IS DARREN HOLDEN. I GREW UP IN A VILLAGE IN SOUTH KILKENNY AND IRELAND. GOT STRAIGHT INTO THE MUSIC BUSINESS AFTER I LEFT SCHOOL AND WAS WORKING TO WORK IN THE INDUSTRY SINCE IN VARIOUS CONFIGURATIONS. MY GIG BEFORE WAS PLAYING BILLY JOEL. I WOULD'VE DENVER EVIDENCE BEFORE THAT IS WITH -- RIVERDANCE BEFORE THAT AS WELL. HIGH KINGS HAS BEEN A FANTASTIC ROLLER COASTER RIDE. MOLLIE: THANK YOU AND WELCOME BACK. THE CLANCY BROTHERS. GUEST: MY NAME IS FINBAR CLANCY. I GREW UP VERY KEEN ON MUSIC. FROM AN EARLY AGE AND STARTED PLAYING THE FIVE STRING BANJO THAT MY FATHER PLAYED. I WENT DOWN TO PLAY IN A ROCK BAND IT DID EVERY KIND OF MUSIC SINCE, UNTIL I SAW THE LIGHT IN 1995 WHEN I GOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO TOUR WITH THE CLANCY BROTHERS FOR A SERIES OF CONCERTS FOR TWO YEARS AND RECORDED A DVD. I HAD A FANTASTIC TIME. I DROPPED THE ELECTRIC GUITAR AND GRABBED THE ACOUSTIC GUITAR. MOLLIE:. WE ARE SO GRATEFUL YOU DID BRIAN, LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOU. GUEST: I GREW UP IN DUBLIN. MY FATHER WAS SEAN DUNPHY, A HUGE SINGER IN THE 1960'S AND 1970'S. HE WAS MY IDOL. I KNEW I WANTED TO GET INTO MUSIC FROM AN EARLY AGE AND SPEND A BIT OF TOURING. WITH HIM HE WAS AN INCREDIBLE SINGER AND LOVED BY EVERYBODY. HE PASSED AWAY A FEW YEARS AGO SO I'M CARRYING ON THE TRADITION. I WAS WITH RIVERDANCE FOR SIX YEARS. TOWARD AMERICA FIVE OR SIX YEARS. I WAS ASKED TO JOIN THE BOYS HERE. MOLLIE: AND MARTIN, TELL US A LITTLE BIT. LAST BUT NOT LEAST. GUEST: I WAS ONE OF THE SOUTH COAST OF IRELAND. I PLAYED IN A BAND WITH MY SISTER. WE WROTE A LETTER ON MUSIC. BROUGHT INTO THE ARCHIVES OF TILDE IRISH TRADITIONAL MUSIC AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BELFAST. WE'VE BEEN TO THE PENTAGON AND THE WHITE HOUSE. WE JAMMED WITH GUYS AND GALS THERE. MY DAD WORKED WITH FINBAR'S DAD. MY DAD JUST BARELY AT TEENAGER. HE TAUGHT THEM PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING THEY KNOW ABOUT ENGAGING AN AUDIENCE. AND YOU ARE CARRYING ON THE PRESERVATION. HOW DO WE GET TICKETS TONIGHT? GUEST: I'M SO EXCITED AS PRESIDENT OF CELTIC MUSIC. SINCE THE FIRST TIME WE SAW THESE GUYS AT THE MILWAUKEE IRISH FEST, WE NEED TO GET INTO DES MOINES. WHEN THE OPPORTUNITY LANDED WE SAID THIS IS OUR CHANCE. IT'S OUR 25TH CONCERT SEASON. WHAT A WAY TO KICK OFF FOR 25TH CONCERT SEASON BY BRINGING IN THE HIGH KINGS. FOR $30 YOU CAN COME SEE THESE GUYS ENTERTAIN YOU WITH THEIR RICH HISTORY AND IRISH MUSIC. WE ARE JUST SO EXCITED TO HAVE THEM HERE. MOLLIE: IF YOUR TOES ARE NOT TAPPING, THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH YOU. TONIGHT. TICKETS ARE $30.